WI Nixon picks Bush as Veep?

He was considered both times, but what if Nixon said yes? Then we have a POTUS Bush in the 1970's, possibly a two-termer depending on the W.
 
Bush was considered too old. Even if he does get the VP slot, I don't think people will vote for him in 1976, though if Nixon is impeached at some point and Bush can reign for a little, maybe he could pull something off.
 
G.H.W. was a political nobody until John Connally got him in with Nixon, which requires a Nixon administration to begin with, so I think it's Prescott.
 
Your Majesty, this assumes Bush defeats Yarborough in '64 or '70, and the OTL margins are easy to butterfly.

Beating Yarlborough is '64 is damn near impossible if Johnson is leading the ticket and the Dems are annihilating Republicans across the board. '70 is more likely, but even 1970 was a strongly Democratic year, so I'm not sure if Bush can pull it off, even then.
 
So Bush has to be less Goldwaterite than he was IOTL. Otherwise, he can run for Congress instead and run for Senate in 1970.
 

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Well, the first page indicates you're thinking of a 1968 POD...if he wins in 1970 and is picked in 1972 that's plausible, no need to get all the way to 1964
 
Oops, got confused. But if LBJ's resignation letter of 1964 (which Bird intercepted) is *smuggled out* and published, then liberals and Southerners headdesk in unison. Now that's a TL.
 
Oops, got confused. But if LBJ's resignation letter of 1964 (which Bird intercepted) is *smuggled out* and published, then liberals and Southerners headdesk in unison. Now that's a TL.

Resignation letter? What exactly are you referring to?

...I'm very interested now. :eek:
 
LBJ wrote a resignation letter, "... with your help, I will carry on until my successor is sworn in next January." Then he realized who that successor would be.
"That grandstanding little runt." I'd go on, but it gets quite loud and profane.
 
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